GREEK THEATER TERMS
ANAGNORISIS
DESIS AND LUSIS (BINDING AND UNBINDING) - Desis literally means “binding”. Described by Aristotle as part of the process of the recognition and plot of tragedy. Lusis is the “unbinding” of a plot which according to Aristotle brings about the process of recognition. Both terms are used by Zeitlin in her article Playing the Other.
EKKYKLEMA - The wheeled platform used in tragedy to display the corpses – used as visual proof of the violence in the play. Used by Zeitlin in Playing the Other as an example of the inner being brought outside in her section on theatrical space.
KATHARSIS
MIMESIS
PATHOS
PROTHESIS: In The Mourning Voice: An Essay On Greek Tragedy, Nicole Loraux describes prothesis, as “the exhibition of the corpse, which is both a primary feature of tragic representation and ‘an eminently ritual act.’” (Loraux, 85) In this display of the body, the audience is able to relate to reality of death and is able to visualize the tragedy of death on stage. (Compiled by Kelly Davis)
SKENE: In Greek theater, the skene was the building located behind the stage area, which first served as a space for changing masks and costumes, but later became the building in the background with doors where all entrances and exits took place. It was the building that served as a background. (COmpiled by Kelly Davis)
EARLY MODERN THEATER TERMS
Master of the Revels
Queen Elizabeth I
The Plague
Christopher Marlowe
Philip Henslowe
Richard Burbage
The Admiral's Men
Lord Chamberlain's Men/King's Men
The Thames
The Globe
Blackfriars
Puritans
Bear-baiting/Bull-baiting
English Civil War (1642): Closing of the London Theaters
Tiring House: Dressing rooms
The Yard: where the "groundlings" stood to watch the play
Children of Paul's/Children of the Chapel Royal
ANAGNORISIS
DESIS AND LUSIS (BINDING AND UNBINDING) - Desis literally means “binding”. Described by Aristotle as part of the process of the recognition and plot of tragedy. Lusis is the “unbinding” of a plot which according to Aristotle brings about the process of recognition. Both terms are used by Zeitlin in her article Playing the Other.
EKKYKLEMA - The wheeled platform used in tragedy to display the corpses – used as visual proof of the violence in the play. Used by Zeitlin in Playing the Other as an example of the inner being brought outside in her section on theatrical space.
KATHARSIS
MIMESIS
PATHOS
PROTHESIS: In The Mourning Voice: An Essay On Greek Tragedy, Nicole Loraux describes prothesis, as “the exhibition of the corpse, which is both a primary feature of tragic representation and ‘an eminently ritual act.’” (Loraux, 85) In this display of the body, the audience is able to relate to reality of death and is able to visualize the tragedy of death on stage. (Compiled by Kelly Davis)
SKENE: In Greek theater, the skene was the building located behind the stage area, which first served as a space for changing masks and costumes, but later became the building in the background with doors where all entrances and exits took place. It was the building that served as a background. (COmpiled by Kelly Davis)
EARLY MODERN THEATER TERMS
Master of the Revels
Queen Elizabeth I
The Plague
Christopher Marlowe
Philip Henslowe
Richard Burbage
The Admiral's Men
Lord Chamberlain's Men/King's Men
The Thames
The Globe
Blackfriars
Puritans
Bear-baiting/Bull-baiting
English Civil War (1642): Closing of the London Theaters
Tiring House: Dressing rooms
The Yard: where the "groundlings" stood to watch the play
Children of Paul's/Children of the Chapel Royal
